Now, for those of you who don't know, a Haiku is a Japanese style of poetry that's three lines. The first line is five syllables, the second is seven, the third is five syllables again. Example follows:

Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. By syllables/phonics(hyphens sperate the syllables.)Thre-thengs-ar-sir-tunDeth-tak-ses-and-lost-dah-tuhGess-wich-has-uh-kird

Now, this won't be valid for this contest because we have a theme and that doesn't fit the theme. To keep the roots of Haiku and my sensibilities, our theme will be... summer.

The contest will end 20050625 or one week from now at midnight.

The winner will receive absolutely nothing except kudos and possibly a 2-3000 word short story when I have the time to write it on anything they want.

The winner will be selected by myself so you better be spry because I'm a very hard to please man. Ask any of my exes.

Edit: Forgot to mention, enter as many times as you like. Haiku is an art and art must be practiced.

Seeing the first light,Taking the long route through life,Finding the darkness.

"Worst case scenario I'll get arrested for public nudity.Best case scenerio I'll get arrested for public nudity with a boner. It's win win." ~ Dave"Also Yoshi is the most important person in all of Australia." ~ Zepherin

Trees are growing fast,Mountains are eroding quick,Life is changing now.

Yeah, really quick ones from me.

"Worst case scenario I'll get arrested for public nudity.Best case scenerio I'll get arrested for public nudity with a boner. It's win win." ~ Dave"Also Yoshi is the most important person in all of Australia." ~ Zepherin

The bell tolls for thee,Darkness surrounding all life,A last gasp of air.

Grim tales told at night,Making all scared by the fright,Wait for morning light.

Take the coins and throw,Into the well they shall go,That is what I know.

Four more Haikus now,Seeing the contest through all,Risking it on chance.

"Worst case scenario I'll get arrested for public nudity.Best case scenerio I'll get arrested for public nudity with a boner. It's win win." ~ Dave"Also Yoshi is the most important person in all of Australia." ~ Zepherin

Aye. Spike wins. I had to have some other people help judge since I have a crush on her but they made it unanimous and it turned out she was the best entrant and not just me choosing her.... Jeez, I'm babbling now.

Added after 1 minutes:

If she wasn't so adorable, this mighta been easier on me.... I spent three hours staring at

"Worst case scenario I'll get arrested for public nudity.Best case scenerio I'll get arrested for public nudity with a boner. It's win win." ~ Dave"Also Yoshi is the most important person in all of Australia." ~ Zepherin